Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 03 Sep 2000 02:10:39 -0400 | From | Jim Barriault <> | Subject | Re: MTBF data for linux |
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Alan Cox wrote:
> > Alpha and SMP are both things that seem to reduce your MTBF .. >
Not to start an architecture war or anything like that, but I've had uni and smp alpha linux boxes stay up under moderate to heavy loads for nearly twice as long as any x86 box. All of them, both alpha and x86, are running the same distro and are performing similar tasks of routers, firewalls, mail, and web servers. The longest uptime being a 2cpu alpha with well over 300 days only to be rebooted due to my own fiddling :) Other than that all my alpha linux systems, of which I have several, have been rock solid and overall more reliable than any of my x86 boxes. I suppose this is because most alpha hardware is less "generic" than x86 platforms or in other words a little more consistent. Once you get a configuration that works it just keeps on going till you hit the power button.
Just my 2 cents
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